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While on vacation… April 20, 2008

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The battle December 6, 2007

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How many readers out there battle with weight? I figure most of us do. It’s a constant battle. We are offered so many bad foods that it is hard not to take some of them up. In addition, we have a fairly sedentary lifestyle compared to even 50 years ago.

I have a gym membership. It has almost been a year. I lost 3 months of using it because of the mono, but since September, I’ve been back in the groove. I work at the gym 2X a week, Mondays and Thursdays. Mondays when the girls have swimming lessons there and Thursdays at the branch near Luna’s daycare because Jay works at home, so I have the time to myself. In addition, I *should* be exercising at work, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, but I haven’t been. I’ve been getting Tuesdays and that is it.

So my battle is this: Try to get Fridays added to my exercise routine. Monday-Weights while the girls swim. Tuesday-Bike and watch "Lost" on my iPod or read, Wednesday-no exercise yet Thursday-Weights after dropping off Luna and Friday Bike and read or watch Lost.

I have gained 5 lbs in the last month. Time to get them off. In addition? I realized that I go into my depressive slumps when I don’t do any exercise. And I didn’t over Thanksgiving and then my suitcase fell open and I lost my exercise clothes in travel (thanks TSA!) so I didn’t exercise last week. I forget that I need to exercise to keep my chemicals up….

So, This is my battle. Lose those 5 lbs over the next month, and get Fridays on my exercise routine.

What’s your battle?
 

Back to the living December 5, 2007

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I spent from 9am to 2:30ish in bed yesterday. It was nice. Today, I am back in the land of the living. I am tired and home, but still able to start some coding for work. I figure I will nap this afternoon.

I have very little right now. My brain is foggy, work is busy, which is why I am coding while taking a sick day. Hey, I’m on the couch, doesn’t that count?

We finally have some winter here in the North. It’s been very cold and yucky here. I even drove Soleil to the bus stop the last two days (mostly because I was sick, not her). She’s very happy because of the snow.

Ack, I will try to write more when my brain is working, but right now, it is not working well….

Acupuncture? October 18, 2007

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Internets? I need you! I am in serious need of a relaxing situation.

Have you ever tried acupuncture? Seriously. I am terrified of needles, but I am looking for a way to find some way to get my body to relax. 

Thoughts are greatly appreciated.

What would you write? August 29, 2007

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I have a strange ambition to write something. I don’t mean my blog, or a letter to my kids or things of that nature. I mean, I want to write a book. I don’t know why. Perhaps it is a desire to have something of mine created? Something that will make people think?

The problem is, I don’t know what to write about. I wouldn’t know. Things that I think of are often trite. I like science fiction, but I don’t ever feel cleaver enough to write in that genre. I love murder mysteries, but more because I like to solve them. I am not sure I could come up with a good murder. I have a story rolling around in my head, but I am not sure how I would write it. It would be based on truth, but obviously it can not be the truth anymore.

I am also unsure how to create a character. Seriously, people go to meetings and classes on this. How could I just create characters and work with them? What if I create Frankinsteins instead of Belles? What if I ever decided to just start writing? Would it suck ass? Or would it actually work?

Have you ever thought of writing? Have you ever thought of branching out in such a strange direction that is abnormal to all you have done?

Watching a friendship in trouble August 25, 2007

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I am taking a break from Crazy H. Mostly, because she is driving me crazy right now.

I called her up a few weeks ago to vent about getting mono. Instead, I listened to her woes that she had been asked to apply for a new job that would pay her much more money, give her a managerial role, allow her to have much more flexible hours, etc.

She was "afraid to apply". I had to listen to her for 30 minutes. This drove me crazy.

When I finally explained why I had called, she went on and on about how she wondered if she had mono too because she was so tired lately. Grrrr

I saw her the day after Jimmy died. At NO POINT during that weekend did she see how I was doing. She was so wrapped up in herself that I was hurt. At one point, I apologized to the other parents for being so paranoid about the whole life jacket thing and she asked "why are you paranoid?" When I replied "um, my friend just died, by drowning" she said "oh, is that it?" Hello? As if I shouldn’t be affected by Jimmy’s life or death? I was so angry at that point I wanted to scream.

Later that weekend, she was comparing the "costs" of applying for the new job. When she was working out health care, she came up with $10K as the cost out of pocket she would have to pay instead of $0 as she does now. She announced that it really didn’t matter because they would use her husband’s health insurance. However, she would insist on getting the $10K extra in salary. When I asked why she rolled her eyes and acted as if she needed to treat me as the person she would be asking for the extra salary. I don’t need bull shit. If I did. I would watch John Edward more often.

 

This has really turned out to be one large vent. I guess the truth is that I am angry at Crazy H. She is focusing on herself and not being a very good friend right now. And that is pissing me off.

Patapalooza-2007 August 5, 2007

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We just returned from Maine, Patapalooza, 2007. We go to Long Lake to our friend Pat’s parent’s house (vacation house). There are now 6 children who attend, all girls. I was "vigilant" this year , our code word for paranoid after what happened Thursday night. I was still in tears driving up on Friday as Jay and I discussed the tragedy. It was pretty odd because Jimmy, our friend, has gone swimming with 3 other people from work. The other three are married, two with kids. Jimmy is, was, single. Sorry, hard to use past tense. We were grateful that no one else was killed. But so sad that Jimmy died. It was his sailboat that they went out in. He was the guy who went out often and invited us from work to come out.

I required the girls to wear life jackets in the water. Period, end of sentence. I could care less if they were up to their ankles,  I couldn’t get Jimmy’s face out of my head all weekend. At one point, the girls went tubing. Yes, I let the girls (5 & 3) go on a tube (with an adult, one kid at a time) and get dragged behind a speedboat. Soleil loved it! I took movies on shore (I was awake during this time, I slept a bit this weekend, and at not point was I hyperventilating… I was concerned enough that before they went out, I had both girls practice falling off the tube and floating on their backs in the water so they would know what to do.

It was…surreal to me to allow them to go out on the lake, while thinking of Jimmy. I did my best to not allow death prevent us from living. But man, is it hard. I wanted to snuggle the girls and not let them near the lake. But… I can’t hold them close to me forever. I have to let them learn and have wings. But it is hard to let them go…
 

 

A reason for leave July 20, 2007

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Sorry I haven’t been a great writer as of late

 1) I have some really cool C++ code on space craft ephemeris and boresight angles that I am working on

2) I have had a migraine since TUESDAY, when I started amoxicillian for a sinus infection.

How do I get rid of a migraine that even my imetrix is not touching?
 

Sunrise, Massachusetts May 17, 2007

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Light breaks over the Eastern trees
The glowing orb, 93 million miles away

The dew bends the light into millions of colors
sparkling gems on the grass…

The birds cacophony transitions to a symphony
accompanying the view

What do you see in the sun rise?
What unspeakable miracles are you experiencing?

A timeless view in the mind of a child

Figure this? May 9, 2007

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Okay, This is it. I am completely confused with clothing sizes.

I have been wearing Levi’s forever. I love the quality. Well, my favs just developed a hole in the knee. So I decided to go to Zafu.com and find what jeans would fit my figure best. You see, I have always loved 550 jeans. Mostly because I was overweight at a point and I felt that it was comfy and the legs were tapered so I thought (HA!) it showed off my nicely developed calves. Then, Chicagomama came along and pointed out that these are MomJeans. And I saw it. I really did! By going with a tapered leg, I was really showing the world I had a huge hip base! Oy! And I could never get the right length.

I found 2 different jeans that would "fit" my body. I then checked out the sizing. In the past, I have fit into Levi’s  4 & 6. This time, I decided to measure myself and go with the true numbers.
This is where I gets screwed up.

A Misses 6 and a Petite 8 have the EXACT SAME WAIST MEASUREMENT. I kid you not! The Petites run smaller than the misses size. So I decided to get myself one in petites (because it was on a $10 sale!) and one in Misses. The Misses I ordered at 6 Short (with a 30" inseam), The petites I ordered 8 medium (a 29.5" inseam). So I have a "larger" size in petites, but the Petite medium is SHORTER than the Misses.

You following all of this? Because I was so annoyed after 30 minutes of measuring, (having to drop my pants every time and getting lewd comments from Jay, who didn’t get that the "evil eye" was to get him to SHUT UP) that I finally said, Okay, I hate to see these numbers, but I know in my heart that these are the right ones for me.

I asked Jay if he wanted a pair. He said "Sure, get me 36×34 of the 501s" Sure… for men it is easy. But for women? UGH! I had his ordered in 2 minutes.

In addition to all of this, I discovered that Sears and Jc Penney’s offer Levi’s also, BUT (and here is the fun part) the SIZING IS DIFFERENT! One woman actually wrote in on the Sears site that she had a pair from Levis.com and she ordered two more, same size and color from Sears.com The Sears ones were of thinner material and LARGER than the ones from Levi’s. I believe it. I know that Home Depot and Lowe’s do this, they sell a cheaper quality item from a major manufacturer…. Now I know Levi’s does it too….
Just another annoyance in the world of being female….

I will get the jeans in a day or two. I’ll see how they fit!